Household sifter



(No Model.)

' H. S. BREWINGTON.

HOUSEHOLD SIFTHR.

1\To.403,08'7.v Patented May 14, 1889.

UNITED STATES f PATENT OEETCE.

HENRY S. BREVVINGTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HOUSEHOLDSIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,087, dated May 14, 1889.

Application led .Tune 2,1888.

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. BREWING- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Household Sifters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in sifters for ashes, dac., which will be hereinafter more `fully described, and pointed out in the claim. l

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the sifter, and also showing lifted positions of case B. Fig. 2 is avertical transverse section.

A is a case made of wood, but which may be of sheet metal or cast-iron. In this case 'A are two drawers, a a. The bottom of drawer a is made close to hold the ashes when sifted down from the drawer ce', which has a wire sieve, a, in the bottom to allow the ashes to pass through and to retain the cinders of coal or other material. The top of the case or box A is formed on a hollow curve, as shown in the figures. Above case A is another case, B, made of the same material and conformable in dimensions horizontally to case A, and about the same vertically. The bottom of case B is made convex to conform topand fit in the concave top of the lower case, A. 'f

On each side of the case A is a standard, C, which is secured to it and projects upward to near the top of the case B. At c in these standards C are pivots, which enter the sides of the top case, B, and by which the top case is swung, and which pivots form the center line of the curve of the bottom of the case B, so that the case can be swung upwardly, as shown in Fig. l.

Within the case B is a deep pot, D, made of metal, either sheet or cast, and having no bottom. Vithin this pot D and near its bottom edge is a circular perforated plate, d,

Serial No. 275,886. (No model.)

having through its center and secured thereto a vertical shaft, E, stepped on a gudgeon, e, on a cross-bar, F, fastened to the bottom edge of opposite sides of the case B. This shaft E passes through the top of case B, and has on its upper end a beveled pinion-wheel, e', which meshes with a vertical beveled wheel, e, on a horizontal shaft, G, having on its outer end a handle, G. This shaft is sustained in bearings g g on a frame, g', secured to the top of case B. The upper end of vertical shaft E is supported in a projecting arm, 7i, of this frame g. A part, B', of the top of the case B is hinged at b, and forms a lid, so that it can be opened to pour the cinders into the pot D, and it also serves as the opening for the discharge of the cleaned cinders.

On one side of the lid B there is aknob or screw, Z2', so that when the top B is turned into the position shown in Fig. 1 the knob b catches against the standard C at c', and as the top case, B, is continued in its upward course the lid is opened and the contents of pot D are emptied into the top drawer, a', upon the wire screen, and if there should be any ashes left among the cinders in the pot they will fall through the screen a into the ash-drawer a. The hook t' on the top case, B,

is to fasten the cases together bythe eye c" on i the standard C.

The operation is very simple, and is as follows: The cinders, with the ashes or any other materials to be sifted, are thrown into the pot D, when the lid B is raised, as shown in dotted lines of Fig. 2. The lid is then let down, requiring no fastening. The handle is turned a few times, and the rotary perforated plate will soon sift all the ashes or fine matter through the holes into the drawer a', and it will also fall through the wire screen a into the close or ash drawer a. By taking hold of a handle, f, on the side of top case,

B, and lift-ing up the top case until the potD is turned bottom upward, the contents thereof Y will be discharged into drawer a. As before said, the knob h will catch against the edge of standard C and be thus retained,

while the body of the oase goes onward and thus opens the lid to permit the contents to be discharged.

I claim- In a household sifter, the combination of the ease A, the drawers a a, the revolving oase B, the open bottom pot, D, the perforated revolving plate d, shaft E, and operative gearing, the lid B, having the knob b',

and standards C, substantially as and for the lo purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY S. BREWINGTON.

Witnesses:

JAS. F. FEELEMYER, C. M. BAINBRIDGE. 

